U(VI) reduction in sulfate-reducing subsurface sediments amended with ethanol or acetate

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 4173-4177

  Converse, Brandon J ^a   Wu, Tao ^a   Findlay, Robert H ^b   Roden, Eric E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON DONORS; MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY; SUBSURFACE SEDIMENTS; SULFATE REDUCING; SULFATE REDUCTION; SULFATE-REDUCING CONDITIONS;

VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

ETHANOL;

1,4 PIPERAZINEBIS(ETHANESULFONIC ACID); ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ALCOHOL; ALKANESULFONIC ACID; FATTY ACID; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; PIPERAZINE-N,N'-BIS(2-ETHANESULFONIC ACID); RNA 16S; URANIUM;

ACETATE (ESTER); ETHANOL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIOLOGY; REDUCTION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SULFATE; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE DOSAGE; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ACETATES; ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; ETHANOL; FATTY ACIDS; GENE DOSAGE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; KINETICS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PIPERAZINES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SULFUR-REDUCING BACTERIA; TENNESSEE; URANIUM;

TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879818174     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00420-13     Document Type: Article

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